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The last step : the American ascent of K2 by Ridgeway, Rick is a travel available to read on EtoBox.
What is The last step : the American ascent of K2 about?
The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordinary expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain and their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desire, and disappointments to work together to get somebody?anybody?to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, and about the perilous bivouac Jim Wickwire spent just below the summit without food, oxygen or shelter in temperatures of -40F.
Who reads The last step : the American ascent of K2?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ridgeway, Rick
- Publisher
- Mountaineers Books, The
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780898866322
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Sports, Fiction, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (113 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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